Leadership Jobs and MBA Programs in Alabama

There are many career and education opportunities for operating officers in Alabama. At 3,630, the number of jobs in Alabama for operating officers is projected to rise eight percent to 4,770 jobs by 2016. This goes against the national trend for operating officers, which sees the job pool actually falling at one percent over the next 10 years. In general, operating officers recognize and create policies for the overall direction of companies or private and public sector organizations.

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State figures show that operating officers in Alabama earn $76 per hour or $157,000 per year on average. In the U.S. as a whole, their income is $77 hourly or $160,000 per year on average.

Nicknamed the Heart of Dixie, Alabama has a population of 4,708,708. It's population has increased 5.9 percent over the last 10 years. The state capital is Montgomery. There were 2,640,717 total jobs in 2008 and workers in Alabama earned more than the previous year with an average annual income of $33,655, up from $32,803. The unemployment rate in Alabama was 10.1 percent in 2009. It went up by 4.9 percentage points since the previous year. The number of residents with a college degree is 19.0 percent. This is under the national average.

The top employing fields in Alabama include manufacturing magnetic media, asphalt shingle materials manufacturing, perishable prepared food manufacturing and ornamental metal work manufacturing.

While being known for many things, one of the most noteworthy, Alabama is the only state with all major natural resources needed to make iron and steel. It is also the largest supplier of cast-iron and steel pipe products.

Leadership

Operating officers recognize and create policies for the overall direction of companies or private and public sector organizations.

They regularly present data at meetings or conventions to promote services and accomplish objectives and direct business or departmental efforts concerned with the production or distribution of products.

They are required to evaluate and judge the efficacy of solutions and manage and maintain budgets and other financial resources.

Operating officers should be able to think through problems and come up with general rules and piece together evidence to, in some sense, diagnose what is going on in a situation.

In order to be successful in the workplace, operating officers must have exceptional integrity and want to innovate to meet new challenges.